As Trump Drains the Swamp, Which Alphabet Agencies Should Go First?

[HARK!]

Well, yes. That state had specific disqualifications for candidates to appear on the ballot, one of which, no felons, applied to the Maga candidate. The Supreme Court wrongly interfered state election law, but this court is extremely activist.

So now you can interpret the law better than a panel of Supreme Court Justices?

Wow!

 

[DaisyDay]

No you haven't.

What? How is that an answer to "You can say that all you like but you have not shown that to be true in this case"?

 

[HARK!]

What? How is that an answer to "You can say that all you like but you have not shown that to be true in this case"?

Onus probandi incumbit ei qui dicit, non ei qui negat

 

[ralliann]

Well, yes. That state had specific disqualifications for candidates to appear on the ballot, one of which, no felons, applied to the Maga candidate. The Supreme Court wrongly interfered state election law, but this court is extremely activist.

No, it was not a state election. A state has no business disenfranchising in a federal election. The state court was the activists. How about this, each state having their own state law, which allows them to vote for their state positions. But voters wishing to vote for federal postions need a voter ID agreeing with federal law.

 

[ralliann]

So now you can interpret the law better than a panel of Supreme Court Justices?

Wow!

You know these states can have two ballots. One for state issues only. and state offices only, and another for federal issues and federal offices. Those not wanting to vote according to federal law, can simply have the state ballot. Those choosing to vote according to federal law can vote both ballots. problem solved.

 

[Simonides]

He had four years to drain the swamp, build a wall etc. He gave you the death shot instead. And you still support him.
Greg Reese does some fine work. Check out his Substack.

Trump Surrounding Himself with Operation Warp Speed Accomplices

If the nanotech in the shots is the interface between humans and AI then expect another fake pandemic and more shots.

gregreese.substack.com

 

[DaisyDay]

No, it was not a state election.

I didn't say it was. States run elections and have their own laws and procedures, yes, even for federal positions providing they do not violate the federal Constitution which says only that candidates for president must be natural born citizens and 35 or older. The 14th Amendment does state that no one is eligible to serve as president if they engaged in insurrection against the US government, but, oh well, only Congress can enforce that and we know it will not.

A state has no business disenfranchising in a federal election.

A state does determine who can vote under their state's laws provided the various voting rights acts are not violated and that no one's personal Constitutional rights are violated. Some states disenfranchise felons while others do not.

Disenfranchisement Laws

Disenfranchisement laws exclude millions of Americans from participating in our democracy. The Brennan Center tracks these laws state by state.

www.brennancenter.org

The state court was the activists. How about this, each state having their own state law, which allows them to vote for their state positions. But voters wishing to vote for federal postions need a voter ID agreeing with federal law.

This is an argument of States' Rights vs Federal. Currently, there is no such thing as a federal voter id.

 

[ralliann]

I didn't say it was. States run elections and have their own laws and procedures, yes, even for federal positions providing they do not violate the federal Constitution which says only that candidates for president must be natural born citizens and 35 or older. The 14th Amendment does state that no one is eligible to serve as president if they engaged in insurrection against the US government, but, oh well, only Congress can enforce that and we know it will not.

A state does determine who can vote under their state's laws provided the various voting rights acts are not violated and that no one's personal Constitutional rights are violated. Some states disenfranchise felons while others do not.

Disenfranchisement Laws

Disenfranchisement laws exclude millions of Americans from participating in our democracy. The Brennan Center tracks these laws state by state.

www.brennancenter.org

This is an argument of States' Rights vs Federal. Currently, there is no such thing as a federal voter id.

A state has no business interferring in federal voting/voters.

 

[DaisyDay]

A state has no business interferring in federal voting/voters.

States run elections. It's the "States" part of "United States." The feds don't run elections nor do they issue voter ids.

You can argue about what ought to be but not about what is.

 

[Vambram]

Drain the Swamp

It may become possible to restore constitutional government in place of the administrative or bureaucratic state that has almost overtaken it. That is the issue that matters the most. The worst evils stem from it. The strongest resistance guards its entrenchment.

imprimis.hillsdale.edu

Larry P. Arrn gives the history and the numbers demonstrating how massive the Federal government has become. I agree with much of his conclusions.

 

[ViaCrucis]

I swear we're on our way to the government being just one barefoot guy on a wooden porch holding a shotgun with his pet gator while banjo music plays; telling people who stumble across him that he don't like their kind "'round these here parts".

-CryptoLutheran

 

[Arcangl86]

Drain the Swamp

It may become possible to restore constitutional government in place of the administrative or bureaucratic state that has almost overtaken it. That is the issue that matters the most. The worst evils stem from it. The strongest resistance guards its entrenchment.

imprimis.hillsdale.edu

Larry P. Arrn gives the history and the numbers demonstrating how massive the Federal government has become. I agree with much of his conclusions.

A lot of the "numbers" he gives are misleading or straight-up wrong. He starts by talking about 23 million government workers. That's true as far as it goes, but the way he words it is misleading. "23 million in the administrative state" after talking about Trump's mission to "drain the swamp." Sounds like a bunch of federal bureaucrats right? Except that the 23 million people include government workers at all levels of government, including such things as local police, firefighters, teachers, and in some cases medical staff etc. Then he talks about the government taking up about half of the GDP. The best I can find is government spending accounts for about 36% of our GDP. That's more then 14 points less then he claims, and actually puts us on the low end compared to the rest of the developed world. And that accounts for things like government services, but also stuff like grants to private organizations and mandatory payments like social security and Medicare which are plowed right back into the economy. Then there is his odd claim about the share of government spending. He states that federal government spending was about 20% and is now 60%. It is close to 60%, being at 55%, but the claim that it was 20% is suspect because right before that he stated that the share of local government spending was 60%. That means in an effort to make the gap look bigger he just ignored 20% of government spending. And once again, the bulk of the difference is due to social security, which as a transfer payment gets plowed right back into the local economy.

The article was written in a very misleading way to support Trump's agenda.

 

[HARK!]

Elon Musk calls for abolishing consumer finance watchdog CFPB — a longtime GOP target​

“Delete CFPB. There are too many duplicative regulatory agencies,” Musk said in a post on social media platform X.

Elon Musk calls for abolishing consumer finance watchdog CFPB — a longtime GOP target

Meanwhile, the consumer finance watchdog is moving ahead with rulemaking in the final weeks of Biden’s administration.

nypost.com

 

[Arcangl86]

Elon Musk calls for abolishing consumer finance watchdog CFPB — a longtime GOP target​

“Delete CFPB. There are too many duplicative regulatory agencies,” Musk said in a post on social media platform X.

Elon Musk calls for abolishing consumer finance watchdog CFPB — a longtime GOP target

Meanwhile, the consumer finance watchdog is moving ahead with rulemaking in the final weeks of Biden’s administration.

nypost.com

The CFPB was designed specifically to consolidate a bunch of different regulatory functions into a single agency. Plus it isn't funded out of the federal budget. So there is absolutely no reason to go after it if the goal truly is government efficiency or cost cutting.

 

[HARK!]

The CFPB was designed specifically to consolidate a bunch of different regulatory functions into a single agency. Plus it isn't funded out of the federal budget. So there is absolutely no reason to go after it if the goal truly is government efficiency or cost cutting.

Their funding comes from the Federal Reserve, with no Congressional oversight. This contributes to inflation.

 

[HARK!]

Elon Musk asks if the IRS should be ‘deleted’ after agency begs for $20 billion​

Elon Musk asks if the IRS should be ‘deleted’ after agency begs for $20 billion – here’s how X users responded

“The IRS just said it wants $20B more money,” billionaire Elon Musk posted on X, before sharing a poll asking whether the agency should be “deleted” altogether.

nypost.com

 

[HARK!]

Musk, Ramaswamy to huddle with GOP lawmakers about DOGE effort to slash bureaucracy, debt​

Ms. Greene also wants to go after waste in the U.S. Postal Service, funding for National Public Radio and money going to sanctuary cities, among other potential targets.

She said no options are off the table for cuts within the federal government “because the list is honestly so expansive.”

“The best way to rein in the government spending is not just taking big chunks out of some departments, but it’s actually to go after even all the little things,” she said. “So the way I see it is the entire federal government is going to have to take a spending cut across the board. And we are going to have to eliminate, you know, a good number of programs.”

Musk, Ramaswamy to huddle with GOP lawmakers about DOGE effort to slash bureaucracy, debt

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will meet with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill next week to discuss how the Department of Government Efficiency they will lead in President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration can work with Congress.

www.washingtontimes.com

 

[essentialsaltes]

Elon Musk calls for abolishing consumer finance watchdog CFPB — a longtime GOP target​

Trump fires head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau​

Major consumer banks including Capital One, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase are among companies facing lawsuits from the CFPB. They, alongside tech industry leaders, have encouraged Trump to remove Chopra from his role — which was made possible by a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that enabled presidents to fire CFPB directors.

Chopra was appointed in 2021 by former President Joe Biden to serve as director of the bureau that regulates financial agencies. The director of the CFPB, who under law was to serve a five-year term, also serves as a board member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, voting on key banking regulations. Chopra will no longer be serving in that role either.

In his time at the CFPB, Chopra spearheaded controversial regulation limiting overdraft fees banks can charge as well as late fees credit card companies could collect from customers.

Fees is pure profit!

 

[KCfromNC]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/politics/fbi-agents-who-investigated-january-6-fired/index.html

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The Trump administration is set to expand a purge of career law enforcement officials, demanding the names of those who worked on January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack and Trump-related investigations for potential removal – a move that could affect thousands.​

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Who had "the leader of the GOP is defunding law enforcement" on their bingo card?

 

[Fantine]

Obviously the damage done to the FAA since 1/20 shows how dangerous this impulsive, unresearched downsizing can be.
We need 3000 air traffic controllers. Get on it now.